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THE UNKNOWN That What I Say Is Not What I Mean University of Plymouth PEARL https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk 04 University of Plymouth Research Theses 01 Research Theses Main Collection 2008 THE UNKNOWN That what I say is not what I mean Wendland, Tomasz http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2796 University of Plymouth All content in PEARL is protected by copyright law. Author manuscripts are made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the details provided on the item record or document. In the absence of an open licence (e.g. Creative Commons), permissions for further reuse of content should be sought from the publisher or author. THE UNKNOWN That what I say is not what I mean Tomasz Wendland a thesis submitted to the University of Plymouth in partial fulfilment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in collaboration with Dartington College of Arts January 2008 3 Acknowledgments I would like to express my gratitude for Roger Bourke and Edward Cowie, as well Aki, artists and my mother, who accompany me in my artistic adventure and research. Special thanks for the translators Jean Lennox, Anna Biatkowska and Karolina Krychowska. 4 Contents Author's declaration 2 Acknowledgments 4 Contents 5 Illustrations 6 Introduction 12 Synopsis 14 Personal Introduction 17 The Beginnings 21 The Confession series -Wardrobes 27 Architectural Objects 33 Drawings On The Wall 51 Video 60 Photographic Works 88 Scores - Drawing Concerts 102 Obituaries 131 The Unknown - Negatives - Black Light 146 Mystics and Teaching 152 Artists and my Curatorial Work 169 Today 194 Summary 201 CV 207 Appendix 214 Bibliography 223 5 Illustrations 1."Performance" -Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, 1991 2. "Untitled"- Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, 1991 3. "Obituaries"- light installation, Polish Galleries in Podewil, Berlin, Germany, 1996 4. "Confession"- installation, Gallery, Ipswich, UK, 1998 5. "Confession"- installation, Polish Sculpture Centre- Oronsko, Poland, 2004 6. "Funnel"- installation, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland, 1991 7. "Funnel"- installation, Meeting and Creativity- Polish German Art Festival, Poland, 1992 8. "Funnel"- installation, Czech Republic, 1992 9. "Pyramid"- installation, Yad Labanim, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1993 10. "Temple"- sculpture installation, wood, Mishima, Japan, 2001 11. Pantheon - Rome, Italy 12. Hourglasses 13. Pantheon- Rome, Italy 14. "Temple"- object, wood, 70x70cm, Yamabiko Museum, Mishima, Japan 15. "Funnel"- installation, By Jesuits Gallery, Poznan, Poland, 2004 16. "Giovanni Arnolfini and Wife"- detail, Jan van Eyck, oil on wooden board, National Gallery, London, 1434 17. "Still life"- painting, Willem Claesz Heda, Haarlem, 1594-id.1682 18. "Predictions"- lithograph, Maurits Cornelis Escher, 1935 19. "Saint John Baptist and Donator, Henrich Van Werl"- Robert Campin, Madrid, Prado, 1438 20. "Untitled"- drawing installation, lead pencils, Pallazzo Callabresi, Viterbo, Italy, 2002 6 21. "Untitled"- drawing installation, CCA Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland, 2003 22. "The Holy Trinity" -And rea Masaccio, fresco, 1427-1428, Santa M aria Novella in Florence, Italy 23. "Relativity"- drawing, Maurits Cornelis Escher, 1953 24. "Untitled"- drawing installation, ON Gallery, Poznan, Poland, 1997 25. "Annunziazione"- installation, bed, TVs, 160kg bananas, ON Gallery, Poznan, Poland, 1995 26. "Untitled"- video installation, 3 video projections, IFA Gallery, Bonn, Germany, 1996 27. "Hearts"- video Installation, 2 TV, 1 video projection, 3 recorders, IFA Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, 1996 28. "Hearts"- video installation, Patio Art Centre, Lodz, Poland, 2006 29. "Angels" - video installation, 3 video projections, Dartington College of Arts, Dartington, UK, 1997 30. "Angels"- video installation and sound, 3 video projections, Expo 2000, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, 2000 31. "Angels"- video installation, Nanjing Senghua Art Center, Nanjing, China, 2004 32. "Dance of life"- Edvard Munch, oil on canvas, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, 1899 33. "Dance"- painting on canvas, Henri Matisse, 1909, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 34. "Landscape with falling apart wall"- aquarelle, Caspar David Friedrich, Kunsthalle Hamburg, 1837 35. "Sitting on the Wall"- photograph, 160 x 200cm, Weng Fen, Shenzhen, 2002 36. "Angels"- video installation, Art Peripheries- Media Factory, Pecs, Hungary, 2004 37. "Angels"- video installation, Art Peripheries- Media Factory, Pecs, Hungary, 2004 38. 'Wedding"- installation, Gartus Obscurus exhibition, Galeria Miejska, Wroclaw, Poland, 2004 39. "Hannya shin gyo"- interactive installation, FusionArts Museum, New York, USA, 2004 40. "St Joseph- the right wing of "Triptych of Merode Altarpiece", Robert Campin, (the Master of Flemalle) c. 1425, oil on wood, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 41. St. Maksymilian Kolbe, 1940 7 42. "Inner Spaces I"- digital photography- Poznan Art Fairs, 2005, Poznan 43. "Inner Spaces I" - digital photography, 6mx 1.55m, 2 Asia - 2 Europe, Shanghai Art Center, Shanghai, China, 2005 44. "Mountain"- digital photography, IF MUSEUM Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland, 2005 45. "Stansted" - digital photography, 2003 46. "Doubles" - photography, 2004 47. "Inner Spaces Ill"- digital photography, IF MUSEUM inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland, 2005 48. "Monastery Cemetery in the Snow"- oil on canvas, Caspar David Friedrich, 1819 49. Monastery image with right part reversed 50. "Girl Reading a Letter in Front of the Window"- Vermeer van Delft, 83x64, 5cm, oil on canvas, Gemaldegalerie, Dresden, 1658 51. "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter"- Jan Vermeer van Delft, oil on canvas, 46,5x39 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, after 1664 52. "Monk by the Sea"- Caspar David Friedrich, Altenationalgalerie, Berlin, 1809 53. ''Two Human Beings - the Lonely Ones" - Edvard Munch, Museum Oslo, 1899 54. "Formal Arrangements- Live Transmission"- Morgan O'Hara 55. "Drawing Concert"- "Shahzug" Performance Festival, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2003 56. "Drawing Concert"- "Shahzug" Performance Festival, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2003 57. "Drawing Concert"- "Die Beherschung der Natur", Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany, 18 participants, 2003 58. "Drawing Concert"- Whole Festival, FusionArts Museum, New York, USA, 2004 59. "Drawing Concert" - Alanus Kunsthochschule Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 60. Another day, "Drawing Concert"- Alanus Kunsthochschule Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003, 61. "Drawing Concert"- Alanus Kunsthochschule Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 62. "Drawing Concert"- Alanus Kunsthochschule Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 the young soloist 63. Final Score from the "Drawing Concert" after two weeks- Alanus 8 Kunstchochschule, Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 64. Details from "Drawing Concert"- Alanus Kunstchochschule, Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 65. Details from "Drawing Concert"- Alanus Kunstchochschule, Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 66. "Partitura Mensa"- "Drawing Concert", Alanus Kunsthochschule, Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 67. "Scores"- Drawings from Partitura Mensa, Alanus Kunsthochschule Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2003 68. "Drawing Concert"- Crossing Time 11, Dartington College of Arts, Dartington, UK, 2005 69. "Sea Concert"- Tadeusz Kantor performance, photography- Eustachy Kossakowski, Poland, 1967 70. Before the concert. Preparations of the musicians and projection of drawers from the other room 71. Movement of small torches fixed on the end of pencils 72. Playing musicians, myself walking between two spaces 73. Projection of the lights in the musician's room 74. Score remained after the drawing concert 75. "Fugue"- video and sound installation, Kunstforum Bonn, Germany, 2006 76. "Obituaries"- installation, Skoki Palace, Skoki, Poland, 1993 77. "Obituaries"- installation, CCA Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland, 2001 78. "Obituaries"- installation, CCA Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland, 2001 79. "Obituaries"- black photocopy on black paper, MAMU Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2002 80. "Obituaries"- installation, C.R.A.N.E. festival- Burgundy, France, 2000 81. "Obituaries"- installation, Inner Spaces exhibition- MAMU Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2002 82. "The cue is waiting"- Andrzej Wr6blewski, 1956, oil on canvas, 140 x 200 cm, National Museum in Warsaw 83. Eye control board 84. "Obituaries"- collages, MMAC Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2001 85. "Obituaries"- collages, landart show, lwaki, Japan, 2001 9 B6. "Obituaries" - objects, Para Globe Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2004 B7. "Obituaries"- performance, CCA Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland, 2001 BB. "37b7Bf21622faBfOe4ad9B23e27a4290,21,1.jpg"- digital photograph 2007 B9. "Zdj_cie097.jpg"- digital photograph 2007 90. "Cadillac 1961 convertible cabrio 3.jpg"- digital photograph 2007 91. "Black Light"- digital photography- 2007 92. Copy of the original "Mountain of Excellence" by St. John of the Cross, Madrid Biblioteca National 93. Mount Sinai, fat. Marek G6recki 94. Xu Yun- Buddhist monk -lived 1B40-1959 95. Drawing workshop in Rheinau, Switzerland, 2006 96. Drawing workshop in Alanus Kunsthochschule in Alfter/Bonn, 2003 97. "Self portraits"- Sommerakademie in Rheinau, Switzerland, 2006 9B. "Self portraits"- Sommerakademie in Rheinau, Switzerland 99. Drawings with hands and feet- Rheinau, Switzerland, 2006 100. Drawings with hands and feet- Rheinau, Switzerland, 2006 101. Workshop in Alanus Kunsthochschule Alfter/Bonn, Germany, 2006 102. "Dame Mitchell and Her Cat" from Picture Story- Book (four hundred illustrations by eminent artists) London, George Routledge & Co., 1B55, page 5 103. "Dame Mitchell and Her Cat" from Picture Story- Book (four hundred illustrations by eminent artists) London, George Routledge & Co., 1B55,
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